List of banks in Kuwait

This is a list of banks in Kuwait. All the following local (11 nos.) & foreign (11 nos.) banks are registered with Kuwait Banking Association. The Central Bank of Kuwait supervises the 32 Exchange Companies that operate within Kuwait.

Central Bank

 * Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK)

Conventional Banks

 * National Bank of Kuwait (K.S.C) (NBK)
 * Commercial Bank of Kuwait (K.S.C)(Al-Tijari CBK)
 * Gulf Bank (K.S.C) (GBK)
 * Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (K.S.C.P.) (ABK)
 * Burgan Bank (K.S.C) (Burgan)

Islamic Banks

 * Al Ahli United Bank (AUB) - February 2024 - AUBK merged with Kuwait Finance House (KFH).
 * Kuwait International Bank (K.S.C) (KIB)
 * Kuwait Finance House (KFH)
 * Boubyan Bank (K.S.C) (Boubyan)

Specialized Bank

 * The Industrial Bank of Kuwait (K.S.C) (IBK)

Foreign Banks

 * Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (B.S.C) (BBK)
 * Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas
 * HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Bank Middle East Limited (HSBC Middle East)
 * First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB Kuwait)
 * Citibank N.A. Kuwait (Subsidiary of Citibank Europe, Middle East & Africa)
 * Qatar National Bank (Q.P.S.C) (QNB)
 * Mashreq Bank P.S.C (Mashreq)
 * Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation (Rajhi)
 * Bank Muscat
 * Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC)